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Re: Euro?
[Re: bluejacket]
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04/14/2021 12:32 PM
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dvesc
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For the majority of our past trips to St. Martin and Martinique, we took out some euros at an ATM when we arrived but primarily used a credit card. For our most recent trip to St. Martin in December, we didn’t make it to the ATM for the first few days and never had any issue paying with USD or a card. We eventually decided to just skip the euros completely and were fine. We stayed in Orient, so most places seemed OK with either a card or USD. Our credit card doesn’t charge a foreign transaction fee, which made things easier. We did occasionally have to ask to be charged in euros, though. Some places assumed we preferred USD. I’m not really sure if this impacted the exchange rate, but I figured choosing euros couldn’t hurt. The only time I wished I had euros was to tip in cash. We were able to tip in dollars, but I would have preferred euros since that's what we were paying in for the meal on the credit card and I thought it might have been easier for the servers to eventually use.
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Re: Euro?
[Re: dvesc]
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04/14/2021 01:50 PM
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Yup.....on the French side CC if allowed, Euro if the establishment makes it's own rate which may be higher than the official rate (except for Super U which usually has an advantageous USD cash rate....and Cadisco near Orient for gas which was still 1:1 USD:Euro)
..and I would not "bring Euro" to SXm. Just get them at an ATM on the French side which will give you the best exchange rate.....assuming no ATM fee with your card
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Re: Euro?
[Re: bluejacket]
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04/14/2021 02:45 PM
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This discussion reminds me of a problem we had in Jamaica two years ago. There was a little grocery store across the street from our hotel in Negril, and we shopped there quite a bit during our stay. A couple of days into the trip, I asked to pay in Jamaican dollars when buying a few things since I was using a credit card. The total should have been 3,800 Jamaican dollars, or about $25 US. Somehow, the cashier mistakenly charged me 3,800 USD instead. I didn't even notice until I came back into the store the next day. The owner had been trying to track me down to refund the money, and my credit card company apparently didn't have any issue with that amount being charged in a foreign country at a grocery store. Everything worked out OK, but it's something to double check when dealing with these types of transactions.
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Re: Euro?
[Re: SammyM]
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04/14/2021 06:14 PM
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For taxis, which we have often used on St. Martin, you can always pay in cash in USD regardless of what side of the island you are on. Taxis (at least the ones I have used) don't take credit cards. Some do take credit cards, we always use Patrick at Silverline Tours and Taxi, he has a CC option but we have never used it
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Re: Euro?
[Re: deliveryskipper]
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04/14/2021 07:52 PM
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We will be traveling from the airport to Anne Marcel marina on the French side by taxi and a week later make the return trip. How are taxi fares handled (currency) traveling to and from the different countries? US Dollars works everywhere on island. Taxis and all.
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